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UNITED STATES P NATHAN HENRY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.`

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Appucauon meaaugust 23, 1924. serial No. 733,756.

To all whom t may concern:

Be 1t known that I, NATHAN HENRY, a

w citizen of the United States, and a resident lof the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and

State of lllinois, have invented certain new and.usefullImprovements in Trousers, ofy

for the purpose to doing away with the' usual stiff leather belt and the majority of the usual loops for holding the belt. Another object is to provide a belt means on the trousers which cannot be detached and mislaid or lost like the usual belts, and provide such belt means which effect both comfort and economy.

The usual summer trousers are provided with a plurality of loops around the top or waist band and a belt of leather or some stiff material mounted therein. These belts are stiff and unyielding and are detachable and therefore liable to be mislaid and lost causing trouble and inconvenience and are also an added and unneccessary expense in conjunction with the trousers. To overcome such expense and trouble I provide belt means which consists of pliable material and permanently secured to the trousers band, being therefore particularly adapted on trousers for boys as well as for nien, and which belt means is preferably made of inaterial'the same or similiar to the material of the trousers, thus being provided at a minimum of cost and producing a maximum. of economy in producing the complete trousers, with belt, ready for wear.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged vertical sectional views taken respectively on the lines 2,-@2 and of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged front view of the belt vmeans with the buckle vor fastening means shown thereon partly brokenv away.

"In the form of myinvention illustrated in the drawing I have shown a trousers 1() with a top part or waist band 11 which is preferably provided with ronly 2 of the usual belt holding loops 12 placed at the front of the waisti band, and ipreifeirably at the front quarter points of the band as shown. This trousers is further provided with a pair of belt means or members 13 and 13 made from pliable material of fabric to .match the trousers, preferably from the same material as the trousers, and which members are secured to the trousers band rearwardly at the sides, and are preferably secured each with one end in the seam 14: at the rear quarter point. rearward ofthe hip portion of the trousers, and retained by the stitching of said seam 14, as shown, but preferably without said stitching or seam piercing the lining 15. A buckle or fastening member 16 preferably of an anti-rust material is detachably mounted on the belt members, and preferably comprises ,a clamp means 17 with serrations 18 press ing the belt member 13 against the plate 19 on the buckle 1G, and contains a pin or roller 20 which is movably mounted in a slot 21 at the forward end of the buckle for clamping and holdingA the belt member 13 in position, as shown.

This improved form of pliable belt construction provides comfort and economy and the trousers will be left smooth at the front when the belt is tightened, and the pleats, if any, are readily placed or drawn at the rear of the belt members over the hips. l

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not Wish to be limited to the precise ldetails of construction set forth, but` desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A trousers having a Waist-band with seems at the rear quarter points and a lining across the inside of said seams, a pair of belt me nbers of fiexible fabric similar to the material of the trousers, eaoh member having one end stitched info one of said seams at the quarter point rearward of the hij and extendino' forward therefrom a I. m l n vpair of loop members at the from'I of the trousers through which said belt members pass, and means for holding the free ends of said beit members adjustabiy in position.

2. A trousers having ay Waist band with seams at the rear quarter points and a lining extending across the inside of said' seams,

a pair of beit members of iexible fabric of the trousers material, each member having one end stitched into one of said seams at the quarter point rearward of the hip and extending forward therefrom` a pair of loop members at the front quarter points of said band to embrace and retain said belt members in proper vertical position, and a buckle member with means for adjustably and releasably holding the free ends of both of' said beit members in. position.

Inl testimony whereof I; have signed my name tot-his specification.

NATHAN HENRY. 

